The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time.

The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of man change also; and as government is for the living, and not for the dead, it is the living only that has any right in it.

"In the end, we are all stories. What matters is how we tell them."

要发出光芒，必须忍受燃烧。

自由不仅仅是随心所欲的机会；也不仅仅是在既定选项之间选择的机会。自由首先是制定可用选择的机会，对它们进行辩论——然后，才是选择的机会。

生命太短暂，它无法承受无休止的恩恩怨怨。

我不是最完美的人，但我是最真实的人。